Nuclear History THREAD (#Nukesky #ArmsControl):
Today in 1968, a B-52G bomber on airborne alert over the BMEWS radar at Thule, Greenland, caught fire and crashed onto the ice at about 560 mph. Conventional high explosives in all 4 B28 H-bombs it carried detonated, scattering 6 kilograms of plutonium, and 35,000 gallons of jet fuel burned debris.
January 21, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Nuclear History THREAD (#Nukesky #ArmsControl):
#ArmsControl crowd, let's run a betting pool, what is the next arms control treaty or practice to be destroyed/cancelled or seriously damaged/diminished?
January 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
#ArmsControl crowd, let's run a betting pool, what is the next arms control treaty or practice to be destroyed/cancelled or seriously damaged/diminished?
Kaliningrad must not be a nuclear threat in the heart of Europe.
All nuclear weapons must be withdrawn and the region placed under international supervision.
Security in Europe requires de-escalation — not intimidation.
#Kaliningrad #NuclearWeapons #EuropeanSecurity #ArmsControl #InternationalLaw
All nuclear weapons must be withdrawn and the region placed under international supervision.
Security in Europe requires de-escalation — not intimidation.
#Kaliningrad #NuclearWeapons #EuropeanSecurity #ArmsControl #InternationalLaw
February 16, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Kaliningrad must not be a nuclear threat in the heart of Europe.
All nuclear weapons must be withdrawn and the region placed under international supervision.
Security in Europe requires de-escalation — not intimidation.
#Kaliningrad #NuclearWeapons #EuropeanSecurity #ArmsControl #InternationalLaw
All nuclear weapons must be withdrawn and the region placed under international supervision.
Security in Europe requires de-escalation — not intimidation.
#Kaliningrad #NuclearWeapons #EuropeanSecurity #ArmsControl #InternationalLaw
Arms Control feed (use #armscontrol or comment to be added)
#polisci
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#polisci
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August 9, 2023 at 1:55 PM
Arms Control feed (use #armscontrol or comment to be added)
#polisci
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#polisci
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If anyone on Bsky is also at the EU Non Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium conference, let's have a pastry together! #polisci #armscontrol
Thankful that as part of the conference swag i got this stationary so i can measure the length of the Non Proliferation Treaty immediately during discussions
December 4, 2023 at 4:16 PM
If anyone on Bsky is also at the EU Non Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium conference, let's have a pastry together! #polisci #armscontrol
And the next one is Ottawa through splash damage! #armscontrol
All of us were too stupid to bet on the NPT!
But the upside is that the prize pool will now be doubled for the next round of arms control doom and destruction
Place your bets now
But the upside is that the prize pool will now be doubled for the next round of arms control doom and destruction
Place your bets now
#ArmsControl crowd, let's run a betting pool, what is the next arms control treaty or practice to be destroyed/cancelled or seriously damaged/diminished?
March 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
And the next one is Ottawa through splash damage! #armscontrol
#nukesky #polisky #armscontrol
I am honored to support the authors working on histories of downwinder communities all over the world. New edited history! osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/making-...
Making the Unseen Visible
Many of the effects of nuclear fallout and radiation have been intentionally hidden by governments around the world. Public knowledge has been driven by activists demanding recognition and justice. Ma...
osupress.oregonstate.edu
September 19, 2023 at 4:15 AM
#nukesky #polisky #armscontrol
May be of interest to #sci-fi and #armscontrol nerds, perhaps @magnuslovold.bsky.social @jeffabramson.bsky.social
@mschroeder77.bsky.social @aphclarkson.bsky.social @maaikeverbruggen.bsky.social @haakongjerlw.bsky.social @jamiewithorne.bsky.social
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May 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
🇦🇹 Congratulations to Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg and the Austrian Foreign Ministry for being selected as the 2024 “Arms Control Persons of the Year”! 👏 👏
#ArmsControl #ACPOY2024
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#ArmsControl #ACPOY2024
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January 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
🇦🇹 Congratulations to Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg and the Austrian Foreign Ministry for being selected as the 2024 “Arms Control Persons of the Year”! 👏 👏
#ArmsControl #ACPOY2024
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#ArmsControl #ACPOY2024
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Don’t let them tell you these weapons are necessary, efficient, or making us safer!
#NuclearWeapons #ArmsControl
@livableworld.bsky.social @upinarms-us.bsky.social
#NuclearWeapons #ArmsControl
@livableworld.bsky.social @upinarms-us.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Don’t let them tell you these weapons are necessary, efficient, or making us safer!
#NuclearWeapons #ArmsControl
@livableworld.bsky.social @upinarms-us.bsky.social
#NuclearWeapons #ArmsControl
@livableworld.bsky.social @upinarms-us.bsky.social
Boosting for the #armscontrol feed
Next year, five years after Trump withdrew the United States from the INF treaty, the Pentagon plans to deploy land-based INF missiles in the Pacific. breakingdefense.com/2023/11/army...
Army’s new Typhon strike weapon headed to Indo-Pacific in 2024
“In ‘24, we intend to deploy that system in the region. I'm not going to say where and when, but I will just say that we will deploy them in the region,” said US Army Pacific commander Gen. Char...
breakingdefense.com
November 27, 2023 at 6:25 AM
Boosting for the #armscontrol feed
!!! For the #newmiltech and the #armscontrol feeds
"another reason for extensive harm to civilian life in Gaza is the widespread use of a system called “Habsora”, built on AI & can “generate” targets almost automatically at a rate that far exceeds previously possible." https://www.972mag.com/mass-assassination-factory-israel-calculated-bombing-gaza/
‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza
Permissive airstrikes on non-military targets and the use of an artificial intelligence system have enabled the Israeli army to carry out its deadliest war on Gaza, a +972 and Local Call investigation reveals.
www.972mag.com
November 30, 2023 at 7:49 PM
!!! For the #newmiltech and the #armscontrol feeds
I’m a recent refugee, still trying to get all my Twitter contacts reestablished here. Thanks.
September 20, 2023 at 4:47 PM
Seems like we have finally hit critical mass, so here is a list with big and small feeds on politics, war and technology (click the post to expand to the list of feeds)
#polisky#intsec #armstrade #armscontrol #emergingmiltech #nukesky #milsky #civmilsky #skynet #EUsky #STS #HistTech
#polisky#intsec #armstrade #armscontrol #emergingmiltech #nukesky #milsky #civmilsky #skynet #EUsky #STS #HistTech
September 20, 2023 at 3:26 PM
Seems like we have finally hit critical mass, so here is a list with big and small feeds on politics, war and technology (click the post to expand to the list of feeds)
#polisky#intsec #armstrade #armscontrol #emergingmiltech #nukesky #milsky #civmilsky #skynet #EUsky #STS #HistTech
#polisky#intsec #armstrade #armscontrol #emergingmiltech #nukesky #milsky #civmilsky #skynet #EUsky #STS #HistTech
I feel like this should be seen as one of the most potentially devastating failures of #Trump 's second administration, but right now it's barely been noticed... #armscontrol #war
A world without nuclear arms control begins on Thursday www.ft.com/content/fd1d...
A world without nuclear arms control begins on Thursday
New Start treaty, which expires this week, capped the number of missiles and warheads in US and Russian arsenals
www.ft.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:14 AM
I feel like this should be seen as one of the most potentially devastating failures of #Trump 's second administration, but right now it's barely been noticed... #armscontrol #war
Boosting the whole thread and discussions (see quote tweets) for the #nukesky and #armscontrol feeds
May 20, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Boosting the whole thread and discussions (see quote tweets) for the #nukesky and #armscontrol feeds
Amb. (ret.) Thomas Graham Jr. reflects on lessons from Russian and Ukrainian history and the post-Soviet #ArmsControl talks that he says shortchanged #Ukraine’s security and threatens peace prospects today:
www.justsecurity.org/124670/ignor...
www.justsecurity.org/124670/ignor...
Ukraine’s Ironclad Security Is Inseparable from Peace
After abandoning nuclear arms for the Budapest Memorandum, Ukraine faces existential war—proof that security assurances won't be enough.
www.justsecurity.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Amb. (ret.) Thomas Graham Jr. reflects on lessons from Russian and Ukrainian history and the post-Soviet #ArmsControl talks that he says shortchanged #Ukraine’s security and threatens peace prospects today:
www.justsecurity.org/124670/ignor...
www.justsecurity.org/124670/ignor...
Boosting for the #nukesky and #armscontrol feeds
November 26, 2024 at 4:23 AM
Boosting for the #nukesky and #armscontrol feeds
#FollowingTip for today: Wannes Verstraete (@wannesver.bsky.social) – Candidate reserve officer and our colleague at the Global Section of CSO. Expert in deterrence and #armscontrol. PhD candidate at ESIPA (Indo-Pacific security) and Teaching Assistant at VUB.
November 17, 2024 at 1:53 PM
#FollowingTip for today: Wannes Verstraete (@wannesver.bsky.social) – Candidate reserve officer and our colleague at the Global Section of CSO. Expert in deterrence and #armscontrol. PhD candidate at ESIPA (Indo-Pacific security) and Teaching Assistant at VUB.
It was great being on this panel on Nuclear Threats & Arms Control with Profs. @mcfuhrmann.bsky.social, Scott Sagan (@stanfordcisac.bsky.social), & @marieeberry.bsky.social last month!
#NukeSky #PoliSky #ArmsControl @siecenter.bsky.social
The recording is available here: tinyurl.com/325wvfz7
#NukeSky #PoliSky #ArmsControl @siecenter.bsky.social
The recording is available here: tinyurl.com/325wvfz7
May 31, 2024 at 6:59 PM
It was great being on this panel on Nuclear Threats & Arms Control with Profs. @mcfuhrmann.bsky.social, Scott Sagan (@stanfordcisac.bsky.social), & @marieeberry.bsky.social last month!
#NukeSky #PoliSky #ArmsControl @siecenter.bsky.social
The recording is available here: tinyurl.com/325wvfz7
#NukeSky #PoliSky #ArmsControl @siecenter.bsky.social
The recording is available here: tinyurl.com/325wvfz7
April 23, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Nearly all of the nine nuclear-armed states—🇺🇸🇷🇺🇬🇧🇫🇷🇨🇳🇮🇳🇵🇰🇰🇵🇮🇱—continued intensive nuclear modernization programmes in 2024, upgrading existing weapons and adding newer versions. Read the press release🔗 bit.ly/45TEl57
#SIPRIYearbook #NuclearWeapons #ArmsControl #NuclearRisk #Disarmament #NonProliferation
#SIPRIYearbook #NuclearWeapons #ArmsControl #NuclearRisk #Disarmament #NonProliferation
June 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Nearly all of the nine nuclear-armed states—🇺🇸🇷🇺🇬🇧🇫🇷🇨🇳🇮🇳🇵🇰🇰🇵🇮🇱—continued intensive nuclear modernization programmes in 2024, upgrading existing weapons and adding newer versions. Read the press release🔗 bit.ly/45TEl57
#SIPRIYearbook #NuclearWeapons #ArmsControl #NuclearRisk #Disarmament #NonProliferation
#SIPRIYearbook #NuclearWeapons #ArmsControl #NuclearRisk #Disarmament #NonProliferation
Terrible news. Landmines continue to cause enormous harm decades after use to civilian populations. #armscontrol
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Poland and Baltic nations to pull out from landmines convention
Poland and the Baltic nations of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are withdrawing from the Ottawa convention banning anti-personnel mines, the four countries, which all share a border with Russia, said in a joint statement on Tuesday.
www.reuters.com
March 18, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Terrible news. Landmines continue to cause enormous harm decades after use to civilian populations. #armscontrol
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...